Ever made a batch of reaaaallly yummmy oooohie goooie cookies? Don’t they just make you want to make a second batch?!

Well a few years ago we made a couple of really sweet, ooohie gooie, scrumptiously delightful children… and that kinda made us want to make a second batch!

For a few years we strongly considered the option of continuing our family through adoption, but without an income while we lived in Michigan it made that option… well… not an option. Turns out agencies don’t want to adopt children out to families that don’t earn a living, hmm? Weird. 😉

But, that gave us time to pray and consider all things involved with adoption. Maybe the Lord will lead us in that direction in the future, but for now our family has decided to at least “re-open the door” to conceiving children of our own.

So, for a year we’ve been hoping and waiting to see if pregnancy was a blessing we would get to experience again or not…

Guess that answers that question!

We were absolutely thrilled to find out two days before Thanksgiving this year that I was pregnant ~ two little pink lines never looked so sweet!

Well, today was one of those days I look forward to and dread all at the same time. Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, which was discovered at our first prenatal appt. at 12 weeks. We had seen the baby’s heartbeat at 8 weeks during a visit to the ER, but somewhere between 8 weeks and 12 weeks the baby stopped developing. So these first visits always make me a bit nervous.

This morning I awoke with nerves all awry…
And then the Holy Spirit comforted me with this reminder:

With that I declared in prayer:

My hope and my joy are not wrapped up in this baby. My hope is in Christ alone and nothing can steal Him away from me. Whether this day brings a trial or a blessing I am His, and that is where my joy is found.

And with that, the Comforter quieted my anxious heart.

 

Zoom ahead a couple hours and I laid on the table and the Ultrasound Tech began working her magic…

This was the image that popped up in about 3 seconds!
Squeals and gasps erupted from the girls along with an “oh wow!” from my sweet hubby.
I was grinning from ear to ear and relief flooded over me ushering in such a heightened sense of joy and thankfulness.

This is the 3D image of our 2″ long little one. Hands covering its eyes and legs tucked up to its tummy. We got to hear a strong heartbeat of 174bpm, which was another magical moment for all of us.
The baby is measuring in the 94th percentile already! ~ guess we just make big babies 🙂

The doctor assured us that this is a very healthy, strong looking baby and she feels that miscarriage is highly unlikely.

So, until August 4th (or hopefully sooner) we’re gonna keep munching on these little sweeties and then I have a feeling we’ll all be nibbling on the littlest cookie in our batch!